TOWNSHIPS NEWS ON FASTMOVING

South Africa’s informal business sector serves a burgeoning consumer market worth more than R100billion in the country’s rural areas, townships and cities, presenting opportunities for corporates and traditional small businesses.  read more

Ask Afrika announced the winners of their annual Kasi Star Brands Awards 2018/2019, recognising those brands that are most loyally used by South Africa’s township consumers and highlighting key trends emerging in what is rapidly becoming an ever more prominent market for South African brands.  read more

South Africa’s leading market research company, Ask Afrika, has announced the official date for this year’s Kasi Star Brands Awards - the company’s annual benchmark tool used to examine brand loyalty and preferences among South Africa’s township dwellers.  read more

Local retailers’ expansion into under-serviced areas such as townships may have led to the collapse of what was once the biggest wholesale business in Africa, Metcash Trading Africa, which after 44 years is no more.  read more

Johannesburg - Shebeens must also comply with the new Gauteng Liquor Act, economic development MEC Qedani Mahlangu said on Sunday.  read more

Johannesburg - An end to Gauteng's moratorium on liquor licences will be announced in March, economic development MEC Qedani Mahlangu said in Johannesburg on Monday. read more

Shopping malls aimed at the lower Living Standards Measure (LSM) groups are the star performers in listed property portfolios. read more